free taxi rides
Oct 9, 2010 · 2 minute readexperiences
taxitransportation
i stopped a taxi that had just picked up some people and was going the same direction i wanted to go in. he asked the others if he could drop me off on his way to their destination. because i was in a rush, i said, “if not, if you may please just drop me off at the end of the street on your way.”
so i got on, and he shook my hand and said “taqabal Allah mina wa minkum” - i was like, “uhh… thanks, jazakAllah khair” (this wasn’t after a salah time, i wasn’t coming out of a masjid, and it wasn’t the end of ramadan, so i was just surprised)…
anyway, i made it to the end of the street. i had a 5 LE note and 1.25 LE worth of change. i valued the travel at 2LE, so i gave him the 5 and asked him for change. he said, “i don’t have change.” i said, “okay, take it and forget it” - he refused and put the money in my hand and clenched my hand and said “you’re making me hold up traffic, go!” i insisted but to no avail… in reterospect, i should have given him the 1.25, but i forgot that i had it at the time, and it wasn’t exactly fair either. i felt bad, and so i made du3a that Allah gives him more rizq on that day than he ever made in a single day before - i hope it happened insha’Allah :)
that would be the second time i got a free taxi ride. the first time, i was walking to jum3a at masjid al fat7, and a brother in a taxi stopped me and said, “are you going for jum3ah at masjid al fat7?” - and i said, “yes” - and he said, “come” - he also refused to take money, saying “i stopped you, you didn’t stop me” :p